Asked why the president intervened, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said: "What we were trying to do on the smog decision was try to have a decision that was consistent with our interpretation of the statute. This was not a weakening of regulations or standards governing ozone, but it was an effort to make those standards consistent."
Environmental and scientific groups disagreed, saying the decision benefits coal-fired power plants and other industries that emit ground-level ozone. In addition to harming plants, ozone smog endangers human health, especially the young, the elderly and those with respiratory problems.
"This is a pattern unfortunately that extends across the Environmental Protection Agency, across pretty much every science based agency in the federal government," said Tim Donaghy of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ozone Case Shows Bush Meddling In Science - Watchdogs
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When you examine the positions taken by the current administration, across the board, they seem to all be taken within a framework of arrogance and ignorance. The worst part, at least for me, is that they seem proud of their "misachievements"!
Michael
My fear is that Bush has lowered the bar for future administrations.
For a behind-the-scenes look into more of the dirty details behind the President's interference with EPA's ozone standard, see my posting at http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jwalke/science_decider_in_chief.html
Anon -- I'd say you're misunderestimating the Bush/Cheney war crime family....
I work in a power plant and based on what I see in the industry press the US will be lucky to have power 24 hours a day 10 years from now-thanks to enviromental regulation.In light of my experience that comment from Tim Donaghy seems utterly asinine to me. Enviromental regs haven't stopped getting harsher with GWB as pres- sorry I expect most reading this hate him- but too bad.
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